Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-24
LABOR CONFERENCE.
Congress is Censured ior NegleciiRg TO
Pass Bill Opening Oklahoma
10 Settlement.
Jesse Harper of Illinois Makes a Ringing
speech and Tells What this Coming
Ran will Demand.

night session las night of the Industrial
Labor Conference the committee on per-
nanent organization reported For Presi-
dent, A. j. Streator, Illinois; First Vice
President, Richard +. Trevellick, Michi-
gan, and one vice-president for each
state, including c. f. Cunningham, Ar
kansas, and r. j. Sledge, Texas; Secreta-
~, NJ. D. Shaw, Missouri; Assistant Sec
Rotary, w. d. p. Bliss, Massachusetts,.
The report was unanimously adopted, and
Mr.. Streator went to the chair without
the help Of an escort, the suggestion of
one being secuted by the chair, who said
a workingman should scorn to ape the
fooleries of effete aristocrats Mr..
Streator began by saying the object of
the convention was to organize u party
tor the common good OF the whole peO-
pie, TO guard the weak against the strong.
He Wisoed it understood that this party
was not party of anarchy, though it was
fact that anarchists were not much
heard of until there was an undue num-
Der of millionaires. Now it was the duty
of this new party to guard eque ly against
the acquisitions OF one class and the rob-
berry of the other. Applause His adj
dress was devoted largely to advice in
regard to things to be avoided in making
q platform and against the Establishments
of politicians after the party has been or
ganiZed and started into public notice.
The committee on rules and resolutions
reported the order of reports to be made
by standing committees, placing the re-
port of the Committe on platform next to
the last, the tanning of the national com
mittee to be last. Each delegate is to
have one vote and the votes are to be an
nounced oy the chairman. All speeches
are to be limited to five minutes
and no delegate is to SPEAK
more than twice on any question. A.
Il. c. Powers Of Indiana, who said he
was not delegate, but guest, asked
leave to present memorial on behalf OF
Union soldiers. Leave was granted and
Mr.. Powers took the stand. He said he
was appointed to come and ask for q
plank in the platform to strike out Its
present pension laws and make an
equitable adjustment of soldiers claims
by which they should be paid the differ.
ence between the paper they received as
pay and the value of gold. The plank
he desired to have inserted was tina,
every soldiers discharge should be his
C6TLlllCdlc. Inc IutllOEIdl "dS SEN
to the committee on resolutions
Quite number of resolutions were Of
fered and sent to the same committee
without reading. By general request
Mrs. Marion Todd OF Michigan addressed
the convention, after which the conven
ton, st 1915 O'Clock, adjourned until
to-day.
At this mornings session, Mr.. Croker
OF Kansas introduced resolution, which
was referred censuring the government
for not opening Oklahoma to settlers, anC
requesting the President TO convene al
extra session of Congress, to pass ar
Oklahoma bill. Several delegates spoke
to the resolution, all of whom censure
Congress for neglecting this matter.
B. S. Taylor of Pennsylvania obtained
the floor and delivered an invective
gainst the farmers of the country for
creating such vile Congress as support
ed the Oklahoma bill. why" said he
"send only the offscourings of society tC
Congress? l know that, for l have been
been there myself" Crest laughter
He continued to denounce Congress and
censure the people more for sending such
Congress to Washington.
Moses Smith In five minutes speech
censured the Oklahoma bill which he de-
clared to be patchwork.
Ridgely of Kansas moved to suspend
the rules and sdopt the resolution, but
upon q vigorous protest withdrew the
motion.
The committee on resolutions not be-
ing ready to report, G. T. Jones OF Wis
consin obtained the floor and said the
main question before the country
was to get rid of public and corporate IN,
debtedness. He supported his PROPOSE
ton By citing facts TO show the grea,
burden on the people caused by the in,
terest-bearing debt. The remedy be pro.
posed was by law to reduce and to re.
move that debt. This included a gradu.
ated income tax, the lending of money
by the government to the states, the states
to lend to counties, and the counties to
smaller municipalities. The government
to lend at l per cent, states at pei
cent, counties at , per cent.
Mrs. Severance of Milwaukee, by re-
request, addressed the convention. In
her view the condition in this country had
produced two classes,a moneyed class and
wage slaves. She prophesied shortly, the
further slavery of denial of free speech
unless;the power of great monopoly is cur
tailed. Our government now, she declared
was one of money, by money, for money
In conclusion she outlined the platform
which should be adopted.
Calls were made for Jesse Harper OF
Illinois, and he appeared and made a ring
ing characteristic speech, the CHIEF
burden being the wrong caused
by watered stock of railroad
and telegraph monopolies. He de-
clared the coming child of promise
would swear by all the gods that there
should be no freight, or passenger rates
on watered stocks. His remarks were
closed by the arrival of the hour for the
neon concert of the music hall organ
and the convention at y O'Clock ad
iourned until ., st which time the com
mittee on resolutions is expected to re
port.
Eaton of Illinois, by unanimous consent
offered scheme for the organization o
new party, outlining q plan for loca
club organization, and accompanied i
with eNDlanRtiOQs